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Daily Archives: February 23, 2012
Video Forages Series: Alfalfa
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Do cattle understand death?
Do cattle understand death?
Joe Epperly
Ruminationsfromtheroad
Recently, I was talking to a beautiful girl in a bar and after we had gone through the normal, “Are you a real cowboy?” conversation, she made an interesting comment. She told me that she hasn’t been able to feel good about eating beef since she went by a large processing plant in South Dakota.
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Take Management Steps to Provide Cattle Clean Water
Take Management Steps to Provide Cattle Clean Water
Stephen B. Blezinger, Ph.D., PAS
Cattle Today
In Parts 1 and 2 of this series, we began an in-depth look at why water is so important and what contributes to water quality.
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Pasture Preparation
Pasture Preparation
Kasey Miller
Angus Journal
‘In the last 10 to 15 years, the vast majority of cattle producers have been affected by drought. It’s an issue we can’t ignore; it won’t go away,” says Jerry Volesky, range and forage specialist from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (UNL).
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Economics of trich
Economics of trich
Bovine Veterinarian
Besides being a herd health and biosecurity nightmare, trichomoniasis is costing producers missed dollars across the country. In states like Arkansas, emergency bull testing requirements were passed this summer due to outbreaks.
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Animal Farm Revisited
Animal Farm Revisited
John Harrington
DTN
Several days before departing for hog heaven, Old Major, the prize boar of George Orwell’s "Animal Farm," called a meeting of his barnyard comrades to present his vision of animal liberation.
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Elanco Partners With Heifer International To Defeat World Hunger
Elanco Partners With Heifer International To Defeat World Hunger
Oklahoma Farm Report
“Heifer International is a 65-year-old-plus organization,” Neu said. We are about ending hunger and poverty. That’s our mission statement. Ending hunger and poverty while caring for the earth. And the way we do that is we provide animals and the care and training of the animals to families all over the world. We’re currently in 40 countries but we’ve operated in 53 since its inception.”
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Group aims to make beef production more efficient, environmentally responsible
Group aims to make beef production more efficient, environmentally responsible
Dan Voorhis
The Wichita Eagle
World population is projected to grow to over 9 billion people by 2050, with a growing slice rich enough to eat beef.
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Make sure cows are receiving adequate nutrition
Make sure cows are receiving adequate nutrition
Eric Knock, DVM
Tri State Neighbor
This calving season holds much anticipation for cattle producers with the record-high prices we have been seeing and hope to continue to receive.
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Drylot Beef Cow/Calf Production
Drylot Beef Cow/Calf Production
V.L. Anderson, Animal Scientist, Carrington Research Extension Center
North Dakota State University, S.L. Boyles, Beef Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University
The drylot beef cow/calf enterprise is an alternative management system to traditional pasture or range beef production. Strictly defined, it is feeding confined cow/calf pairs in a feedlot environment during part or all of the traditional summer or fall-winter grazing season.
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